Tennis
HomeScores
Featured Video
Alexander Zverev Beats Benjamin Bonzi

Wimbledon 2013: Results, Scores and Highlights for Day 12

Patrick ClarkeJun 6, 2018

Marion Bartoli is a Grand Slam champion for the first time in her career after defeating Sabine Lisicki in straight sets on Saturday at Wimbledon. With the victory, the 28-year-old Frenchwoman is now a part of the elite list of players who have won tennis' most prestigious major.

Six years after she came up short against Venus Williams in the women's final at Wimbledon, Bartoli made sure to finish the job, putting Lisicki on her heels early and never letting up.

Here we'll get you up to speed on Saturday's action at Wimbledon.

TOP NEWS

TENNIS-FRA-OPEN-2026

Wild Roland-Garros Moment 🚽

B/R

Roland-Garros Brackets, Schedule

Watch Roland-Garros Matches 👀

Day 12 Scores

Ladies' Singles FinalScore
Marion Bartoli (15) defeats Sabine Lisicki (23)6-1, 6-4
Men's Doubles FinalScore
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (1) defeat Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo (12)3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Women's Doubles FinalScore
Su-Wei Hsieh/Shuai Peng (8) defeat Ashleigh Barty/Casey Dellacqua (12)7-6 (7-1), 6-1

*Day 12 scores courtesy of Wimbledon.com.Click here to view complete results.

Marion Bartoli Rolls Through Sabine Lisicki for First Wimbledon Title

France's Marion Bartoli was determined not to let another opportunity to win a Wimbledon title slip away on Saturday, as she rolled through a nervous and subpar Sabine Lisicki in straight sets to win the ladies' singles championship, via Wimbledon on Twitter:

Bartoli got off to a head-scratching start in the opening set, as Lisicki broke her serve in the very first game. But the Frenchwoman would bounce right back in the next game, breaking her opponent back to level the set at one game apiece. 

Bartoli would hold serve and go on to break Lisicki twice more in the set to wrap up the opening frame 6-1 in exactly 30 minutes, via the Wimbledon Twitter feed:

In the second set, Bartoli again won an early break that Lisicki wouldn't be able to recover from.

In the fifth game of the set, the 23-year-old began breaking down, tearing up before being broken for the second time in the set and fifth time in the match. Bartoli would have three championship points in Lisicki's following service game, but she was unable to get the big break as the German saved each time, via Wimbledon on Twitter:

Lisicki would break Bartoli in the very next game before holding serve again to cap off a streak of three straight games and narrow the gap to 5-4, via the Wimbledon Twitter feed:

But Bartoli would not miss her second opportunity to close out the match, winning with an ace (just her second of the match) on her fourth championship point. 

Lisicki, who was making her first appearance in a Grand Slam final, hit six more winners than Bartoli but committed nearly twice as many unforced errors for the match. Afterwards, she credited the champion and highlighted her nerves as a reason for her poor play, via Wimbledon on Twitter:

Following the match, BBC radio commentator John Inverdale made some shocking comments in regards to Bartoli (via USAToday.com's Nick Schwartz):

"

“Do you think Bartoli’s dad told her when she was little ‘You’re never going to be a looker? You’ll never be a Sharapova, so you have to be scrappy and fight.’”

"

The ill-conceived remarks obviously didn't sit well with many and are sure to haunt Inverdale. He later credited Bartoli for being an "incredible role model" and a BBC spokesman apologized for the controversial comments according to Schwartz. 

With the straight-sets win, Bartoli is just the sixth player in the Open era to win Wimbledon without dropping a single set through the entire tournament.

Bryan Brothers Complete the Sibling Slam

In the second championship match on Centre Court on Saturday, American twin brothers Mike and Bob made history, winning their fourth straight Grand Slam title to hold all four championships plus Olympic gold at the same time, via Wimbledon on Twitter:

Things didn't look so promising for the Americans early on, as the 12th-seeded pair of Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo broke them early to pull ahead comfortably in the first set. 

The underdog team would go on to win the first set 6-3. But as it turned out, Dodig and Melo's early success was important for the favorites, who woke up in the second set and took control of the match. The Bryan brothers would win 6-3 in just 26 minutes to even the final at a set apiece, via Wimbledon Twitter feed:

The Bryans would go two-for-two on break-point chances in the third and fourth sets to cap off another amazing run, winning the final two sets by identical scores of 6-4, via Wimbledon on Twitter:

Bob and Mike made just three unforced errors during the entire match and won 77 percent of their service points as well.

The defending U.S. Open men's doubles champions will look to make it five straight Slams next month at Flushing Meadows.

Follow Bleacher Report Featured Columnist Patrick Clarke on Twitter. 

Alexander Zverev Beats Benjamin Bonzi

TOP NEWS

TENNIS-FRA-OPEN-2026

Wild Roland-Garros Moment 🚽

B/R

Roland-Garros Brackets, Schedule

Watch Roland-Garros Matches 👀

2026 French Open - Day One

Moving Roland-Garros Interview

Saints Bills Football

NFL star fakes injury at Savannah Bananas game

Johnny Manziel wins MMA debut
Bleacher Report6h

Johnny Manziel wins MMA debut

TRENDING ON B/R